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Europe

If you haven't ridden the Alps you haven't lived. I now understand why Europe is considered the ultimate. If you get a chance to go, don't pass it up. If you haven't had a chance, plan a trip NOW, you'll never regret it.

Its all about the journey, for we will all experience the same destination

Oh, well, as you know, my Italian is limited to ciao bella! and ba bene. I was just interpolating from FC Bayern.

Anyway, tell Sue to keep rooting for the Cubs, if the Red Sox could do it, I'm sure the Cubs will come back some day.

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I know that you and I are about the only people here who are also on the Europrez list, and that you've already seen these, but since we're talking about pictures from Europe, here is a link to a bunch of pictures I took this past weekend at the Europrez EP X rally in the Belgian Ardennes.

Thanks for the pics. I'm going next month, will the snow be gone? What kind of temps do you encounter at altitude?

The snow should be gone. It will be hot down below and could be nice, cool, rainy, or foggy at the top.

If you're going on your own, I suggest you buy a copy of John Hermann's Motorcycle Adventures in the Alps and Corsica. I took his 1st edition with me an simply highlighted every pass he gave one or two stars to on my map. Then you can just string them together.

If you want to spend a couple or three days in one place, I suggest you try out Andermatt, Switzerland (with half a dozen excellent passes in the general neighborhood); St. Moritz (it's possible to stay at a 3 star hotel there for not an outrageous amount in the summer); or, in the Italian Dolomites, somewhere in the neighborhood of Cortina d'Ampezza. (I can highly recommend the Hotel Foresta on the downhill side near Moena.)

Me and 19 friends.

Thanks for the invite Jon, I'm not sure you want 20 Yankee Beemers showing up at your door step. We'll be on an organized tour. We have open days Aug 20, 21 in Munich but no bikes. So we'll be tourists. We pick up the bikes the 23rd in St. Maria, Switzerland.

Thanks for the invite Jon, I'm not sure you want 20 Yankee Beemers showing up at your door step. We'll be on an organized tour. We have open days Aug 20, 21 in Munich but no bikes. So we'll be tourists. We pick up the bikes the 23rd in St. Maria, Switzerland.

You'll have a great time, I'm sure! What tour company are you going through? How do you get to St. Maria (which one? Autoroute says that there's only about half a dozen to choose from) from Munich?

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Originally Posted by clawman

If you haven't ridden the Alps you haven't lived. I now understand why Europe is considered the ultimate. If you get a chance to go, don't pass it up. If you haven't had a chance, plan a trip NOW, you'll never regret it.

And for anyone adventurous enough to do it on their own, the best way to do it IMO, here is a useful planning tool....